PTE备考词汇：absent

absent

过去分词：absented  现在分词：absenting  第三人称单数：absents  

adj.

1.不在的,缺席的,缺勤的

2.缺少的,无

3.不在意的,茫然的,恍惚的

4.没有,全无

5.心不在焉地,心不在焉似的;茫然若失的

6.离开;不在场的

7.漫不经心的;缺乏的

v.

1.使缺席

1 . She longed to enquire of the housekeeper whether her master were really absent, but had not courage for it.
她真想问问这位管家奶奶，主人是否真不在家，可是她没有勇气，只得作罢。

2 . It was a year ago, all but a day, that Clare had married Tess, and only a few days less than a year that he had been absent from her.
去年克莱尔同苔丝结婚时到现在整整一年了，只不过差了一天的日子，也就差了几天，克莱尔离开她就一年了。

3 . Far from moving towards a world in which religion is absent or marginal, it would be truer to say that the secular era is in the past.
我们远远不是向着一个没有宗教或宗教边缘化的世界迈进，更确切的说法应该是，世俗时代已经过去。

4 . To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord (out of the body). Meditation can produce such experiences.
离开身体就是与上帝在一起（脱体）。冥想可以产生这种经验。

5 . The absent-minded professor looked everywhere for his glasses, but it turned out that they were just on top of his head.
这个出神的教授到处找他的眼镜，但它被发现就在他的头上。